Shloka 36

अदारा-नीति

Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction

Devanagari script

यदैव शत्रुर्जानीयात्‌ सपत्नं त्यक्तजीवितम्‌ । तदैवास्मादुद्धिजते सर्पाद्‌ वेश्मगतादिव,शत्रुको ज्यों ही यह मालूम हो जाता है कि उसका विपक्षी प्राणोंका मोह छोड़कर युद्ध करनेके लिये तैयार है, तभी घरमें रहनेवाले सर्पकी भाँति उसके भयसे वह उद्विग्न हो उठता है

Translation

“As soon as an enemy learns that his opponent has cast off attachment to life and stands ready for battle, at that very moment he is shaken with fear—like a serpent lurking within a house.”

Word by Word

यदाwhen

एवindeed/just

शत्रुःenemy

जानीयात्should know/comes to know

सपत्नम्rival/opponent

त्यक्तजीवितम्having abandoned attachment to life (life-risking)

तदाthen

एवindeed/just

अस्मात्from him/from this (opponent)

उद्विजतेis agitated/trembles

सर्पात्from a snake

वेश्मगतात्that has entered the house/being in the house

इवlike/as if

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes